Combined hat, coat, and umbrella rack.



PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

Y W. Rn ARK. COMBINED HAT, GOAT, AND UMBRELLA RACK.

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N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

' COMBINED HAT, COAT,

AND UMBRELLA RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,509, dated April26, 1904.

' 3 Application filed June 5, 1903. Serial No. 160,231. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincindevice of the character as described, consisting of ahook adapted to be secured to the wall or other stationary object, saidhook adapted to hold the coat and being provided with a bail pivotallyattached thereto and adapted to swing down over the end of the hook, alocking mechanism being located at the pivotal point between said bailandsaid hook. The shank of said bail is provided with a claw adapted tohold an umbrella or cane and adapted to come in contact with the wall,thereby retaining the said article when the bail is locked. The saidbail is provided at its upper end with a supplemental pivoted bail,which is adapted to grip the edge of ahat when first said bail islocked.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the locking mechanism.Fig. 3 is a horizontal. sectional view of the locking mechanism, andFig. 4 is a perspective}: view of the claw used on the shank of the baiThe hook 1 is provided with the perforated lugs 2, by means of which thesaid hook may be screwed or bolted to the wall or other support. Thebail 3 is mounted upon the pivot 4c, and is thereby secured to the saidhook 1. The said pivot 4 is provided with a locking mechanism, whichwill be hereinafter explained. The shank 5 of the bail 3 extends belowthe hook 1 and is provided at its lower end with a claw 6, which extendsat an angle to the longitudinal axis of the said shank 5. Theinner endsof the said claw 6 are curved up, as shown, and are adapted to come inconattached at the point 9 to the said bail 3.

The shank 10 of the bail 8 passes below the lower edge of the bail 3 andis adapted to come in contact with the end of the hook 1. When the bail3 is in the open position, as shown in heavy lines in Fig. 1, the bail 8is in the position as shown in heavy lines in said figure; but when thebail 3 is swung down into the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig.1 the curved under edge of the shank 10 of the bail 8 comes in contactwith the end of the hook 1 and the bail 8 is swung up on its pivotalpoint 9 into the position as shown in dotted lines in said figure, theforward end of said bail coming .in contact with the cushion 11, locatedupon the upper side and at the endof the bail 3. Previous to bringingthe parts into the positions as shown in dotted lines the collar of acoat may be slipped over the end of the hook 1 and a hat may be hungupon the end of the bail 3, the brim of the said hat extending up withinthe sides of the bail 8. Thus the hat and coat are both held by thedevice. The. pivotA: is rigidly held with relation to the hook 1 by thepins 12 12, said pivot having a bolt 13 extending through the same. Thespring 14 is attached to the bail 3 and bears against the end of thebolt '13 and has a tendency to hold said bolt within the pivot 4.- Theinterior of the bail 3 adjacent the orifice for the reception of thepivot 4: is provided with a lug 15, the space above which is adapted toreceive the inner end of said bolt 13 when the parts are in lockedposition. The bolt 13 is also provided with a key-aperture 16, whichregisters with the keyaperture 17 in the end of the pivot 4 The key 18is provided with a slot 19, which is adapted to receive the pin 12 whenthe key is inserted in the aperture 17 Said key is also provided with aprong 20, having a beveled end which is adapted to enter the aperture 16of the bolt 13 and press said bolt back against the tension of thespring 14:, and thus withdraw the inner end of the bolt within the pivoti, when the upper end of the bail 3 may be swung back, which will carrythe lug 15 over the bolt-aperture of the pivot 4, and thus said bolt maybe held back in the pivot 4. When the key 18 is withdrawn, the articlesto be secured may be placed upon the device and the upper end of thebail 3 swung down. As soon as the lug 15 passes below the bolt 13 thespring 14 forces the said bolt out over the lug 15 and the parts areautomatically locked and the articles securely held.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device of the character as described consisting of a hook, a bailpivoted to said hook, a supplemental bail pivoted to the first said bailand adapted to impinge an article between itself and the first said bailand a means for holding the parts in locked position with relation toeach other.

2. A device of the character as described consisting of a hook, a bailpivoted to said hook, a supplemental bail pivoted to the first said bailand adapted to impinge an article between itself and the first said bailand having a depending shank adapted to come in contact with the hookand a means for holding the parts in locked position.

3. A device of the character as described consisting of a hook, a bailpivoted to said hook, a supplemental bail pivoted to the first saidbail, the ends of the said bails adapted to be brought together and ameans for holding the parts in locked position with relation to eachother.

4. A device of the character as described consisting of a hook, a bailpivoted to said hook, a supplemental bail pivoted to the first said bailand having a depending shank adapted to come in contact with the hook,the ends of said bails adapted to be brought together and a means forholding the parts in locked position with relation to each other.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM R. CLARK. Witnesses:

WALTER GOODWIN, M. F. KUEHNEL.

